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Machetes pugnax (Liuiiiens*), 



THE RUFF. 



Machetes 'pugnnx. 



Machetes, Cuvier\. —Bill stniigbt, ratber slender, as long as the head, with 

 the tip dilated and smooth ; upper mandible laterally sulcateJ for four-fifths 

 of its length ; culmen rounded. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, placed in the 

 commencement of the groove. Wings long and pointed, the first quill-feather 

 the longest. Legs moderate, the tibia naked for a considerable space above the 



* Trinya Pucjnax, Linnieus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 247 (1766). 

 1 Rcgnc Animal, i. p. 400 (1817). 



